Stevie Wonder 1974 © Al Satterwhite
Woke up to some Stevie Wonder on shuffle this morning. That’ll work.
Stevie Wonder 1974 © Al Satterwhite
Woke up to some Stevie Wonder on shuffle this morning. That’ll work.
Butter Room Chicago’s driving: May 30 - June 21 (4,384 miles, 10 shows, one festie)
Tomorrow we leave on our 13-day Phish tour that will take us to Asheville, NC, Knoxville, TN, Bonnaroo, Pittsburgh, PA, Noblesville, IN and East Troy, WI. Get in touch with me if you’re going to be at any of these. By the end my show count should be at 13 for the year, and 33 overall!
The Butter Room at Jones Beach!!!
This week rocked. Can’t wait for next week… and the week after that.
Phish - 6.5.09, Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, NY
Set 2:
Down With Disease >
Twist* >
Piper >
Backwards Down the Number Line >
Free
Twenty Years Later
2001
Slave To The Traffic Light
Encore:
A Day In The Life
*Oye Como Va Jam
(via fromtheroad)
The DWD > Twist > Piper section is en feugo, especially the Twist and full-on Oye Como Va jam. Trey Anastasio is playing some seriously nasty guitar right now.
Set 1:
Wilson
Buried Alive
Kill Devil Falls
AC/DC Bag
I Didn’t Know
My Friend, My Friend
Ya Mar
Theme From The Bottom
Boogie On Reggae Woman
Split Open and Melt
Set 2:
Down With Disease
Twist* >
Piper >
Backwards Down the Number Line >
Free
Twenty Years Later
2001
Slave To The Traffic LightEncore:
A Day In The Life*Oye Como Va Jam
Uhhhhhh. This tour is destroying. I can’t believe Phish is this on top of their game.
Phish - 6.4.09 Jones Beach Set 1
Grind
Divided Sky
Ocelot
Squirming Coil
Punch You In The Eye
Dirt
NICU
Ghost
Run Like An Antelope
Source: Phish Thoughts and Jesse Hurlburt TELEFUNKEN Ela m260 (cardiod-30cm,90 degrees) >Lunatec V3
Sickness.
Star Spangled Banner - Phish
5.31.09 - Fenway Park, Boston, MA
Yeah, that was pretty sweet!
With Todd and Graham, Butter Rooming it up. Instead, my consecutive show streak has ended at 11 and I’m back in Chicago. Tonight’s Phish show is absolutely raging, and not surprisingly. Tuesday’s show was some of the best live music I’ve seen this decade, and Saturday at Fenway wasn’t too shabby. With each show they seem to be picking up more steam and laser focus with the jams. Oh well, back at it on Tuesday in Asheville and on tour for 13 days.
In the meantime, I’m streaming the show and drinking a few brews here at home.
Side Note: Joel had to be back in Chicago so we drove home yesterday (a very long day). Todd and Graham may be the coolest guys I know as they were going to pay for me to fly back today, use their tickets, stay in their hotel, and see tonight and Friday’s shows. Unfortunately flights were $450 and it made no sense, but that was probably the kindest offer of my life. I know they are rocking out hard this evening.
Tonight was one of the most epic concert experiences of my life. Saturday at Fenway was great, but tonight was something for the ages. And this is only the second show of the tour?!?!
6.2.09 Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, NY
I: Runaway Jim, Foam, Stealing Time From The Faulty Plan^, Timber, Cities, Driver, Reba, Possum, Farmhouse, If I Could
II: Mike’s Song > Simple > Wolfman’s Brother >Weekapaug Groove, When the Circus Comes, Kill Devil Falls^, Harry Hood > Loving Cup
E: Suzy Greenberg
^ first time played
Check out all the other pics we took this evening on The Butter Room’s From The Road.
Phish - 5.31.09 Fenway Park, Boston, MA Set II

Tweezer -> Light**, Bathtub Gin, David Bowie, Time Turns Elastic**, Free, (The Ballad of) Curtis Loew, You Enjoy Myself
E: Cavern, Good Times Bad Times, Tweezer Reprise
** debut performance.
The setlist is ridiculous, but Mike’s filthy breakdown in YEM is priceless.
(via fromtheroad)
Butter Room fans, keep following From The Road for all of our updates from the shows. Tonight there will be five of us at Jones Beach, so get in touch with me if you’re going and want to meet up!